“Nuclear episodes stand out in bold print in life story as narrative high points, low points and turning points, explaining how the person has remained the same and how he or she has changed over time.” — Dan P. McAdams Copy Share Image
“E. Tory Higgins (1987) suggests that self-knowledge encompasses three major domains: the actual self, the ideal self, and the ought self. The actual self consists of your representation of the attributes that someone (yourself or another) believes that you actually possess. The ideal self consists of your representation of the attributes that someone (yourself or another) would like you, ideally,… — Dan P. McAdams Copy Share
“Nuclear episodes stand out in bold print in life story as narrative high points, low points and turning points, explaining how the person has… — Dan P. McAdams Copy Share Image
“We are all tellers of tales, and we seek to provide our scattered and often confusing experiences with a sense of coherence by arranging… — Dan P. McAdams Copy Share Image
